Uncle Peter's Daddy Day Care

Inspection of Uncle Peter's Daddy Day Care 34-36 Grovebury Road, Abbey Wood, London SE2 9BB

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Overall effectiveness Inadequate

The quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not applicable

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The provision is inadequate

Breaches of requirements of the early years foundation stage (EYFS) mean that children's learning and development needs are not met and their safety and welfare are compromised. Children have a wide variety of resources to choose from at this nursery. They remain engaged in activities for long periods, for example when they are using spoons and shells to scoop sand into containers. However, staff do not challenge children sufficiently through their communication with them. This limits children's learning and does not support their language and communication development. Staff are not clear about why they are providing activities for children. Therefore, children do not make as much progress as they could. Staff appear caring towards children. Younger children laugh and have fun with staff as they play a peekaboo game in the sensory area. However, activities are not sufficiently challenging for children to help progress them to the next stage

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The provision is inadequate

in their development. Children form strong bonds with the staff who care for them. However, staff do not know enough about children's needs and interests and do not use this information to plan appropriate activities.

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need to do better?

n The provider, who is also the manager, does not understand their role and responsibilities to meet all the requirements of the EYFS. For example, there is no named deputy manager in place to act up in the absence of the manager, as required. n The provider does not manage the setting in a way that ensures the smooth running of the nursery, keeps children safe and ensures their needs are met. For example, records relating to children's attendance are incomplete and their development checks at aged two are missing. This is particularly significant for children with possible delays in their development. n The key-person arrangements are ineffective. Staff and parents are unclear about who the key person for each child is. Staff do not plan a curriculum that is designed to meet the needs of each individual child. As a result, children do not receive appropriately challenging experiences and opportunities to develop and

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need to do better?

learn as much as they could. n The provider does not give staff the training, support and guidance they need to be able to carry out their roles effectively. As a result, staff fail to succeed in roles they are promoted to and they do not improve the quality of their teaching. n There are no arrangements in place to support children with identified delays in their development, such as in their speech and language development. Staff do not do enough to work with parents and other professionals, as necessary, to support these children. As a result, they do not make as much progress as they could.

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need to do better?

27 February 2020 n The quality of teaching is poor, particularly with regards to supporting children's early language and literacy skills. For example, children are eager to hear the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood'. However, staff skip words and pages when reading the story. They interrupt the story to deal with other things, unnecessarily, and fail to bring the story to life. As a result, children lose the thread of the story and disengage from the activity and potential learning. n Children behave well at the nursery. For example, they help to tidy up and to share with others. n Staff support children to be healthy, for example through balanced and nutritious meals, access to fresh drinking water at all times and regular outdoor activity. However, staff do not follow the setting's risk assessment processes to identify and remove hazards, particularly in the outside area. This puts children at potential risk of harm.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.

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Safeguarding

The provider does not make sure that all staff are suitable to work with children at the point of recruitment and throughout their employment. For example, some staff do not have the required Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks in place. Also, the provider does not seek references from previous employers for all staff to consider their suitability to work with children. Some staff do not have enough knowledge and understanding of wider safeguarding issues, such as extremism and female genital mutilation, to be able to protect children from potential harm. Staff do not know the procedures to follow to keep children safe, including if an allegation is made against staff or when children do not arrive at the nursery when expected.

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Due date

train all staff to have up-to-date knowledge and understanding of safeguarding, including the 'Prevent' duty and female genital mutilation 12/03/2020

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make sure that all staff know, and can follow, the nursery's procedures in the event an allegation is made against a member of staff 12/03/2020

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27 February 2020 ensure there are procedures in place to safeguard children and which support all staff to be alert to, and able to respond to, concerns about children's welfare, such as unexplained absences from the nursery 12/03/2020

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ensure all staff are suitable to work with children by carrying out the required DBS checks 12/03/2020

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implement systems for the safe recruitment of staff and to ensure all staff remain suitable to work with children 12/03/2020

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improve arrangements for the supervision of staff so that they receive the coaching and training they need to carry out their roles effectively and, in particular, to improve the quality of teaching 12/03/2020

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ensure there is a named deputy who is capable and qualified to act up in the absence of the manager 12/03/2020

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ensure that each child is assigned a key person, parents know who their child's key person is and children's care and learning are tailored to meet their individual developmental needs 12/03/2020

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improve risk assessment procedures so that all hazards to children are identified and action is taken to remove or reduce the risk of harm and keep children safe 12/03/2020

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ensure prompt action is taken to support children where there are concerns about delays in their development 12/03/2020

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Due date

27 February 2020 make sure that information and records are maintained in a way that enables appropriate information to be shared with parents and other professionals should they be required to meet children's individual needs and/or keep them safe. 12/03/2020

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY550122 Local authority Greenwich Inspection number 10144971 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 32 Number of children on roll 19 Name of registered person Uncle Peter's Daddy Day Care Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 07908556610 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Uncle Peter's Daddy Day Care opened in 2017. It is located in Abbey Wood in the London Borough of Greenwich. The setting is open Monday to Friday from 8am to 7pm, all year round. There is one member of staff who holds a level 3 childcare qualification.

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Inspection activities

n The provider led the inspector on a learning walk of the nursery where they discussed how they use the premises and resources for children's care and learning. n The provider and the inspector carried out a joint observation together to assess the quality of teaching and learning. n The inspector observed the children at play and how they interact with one another and the staff working with them. n The inspector spoke with the staff, children and parents, and considered their views. n The provider showed the inspector some documents relating to children, staff and the organisation of the nursery.

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Inspection activities

We carried out this inspection under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of provision that is registered on the Early Years Register. The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children's learning, development and care, known as the early years foundation stage.

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